Swahili or Zulu
The crossword clue "Swahili or Zulu" is answered by BANTU, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BANTU
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BANTU answer page.
Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BANTU
Every other clue in this collection answered by BANTU, most used first.
- African language group - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
- African language - used 33 times, most recently in 2018
- Swahili's language group - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Language group that includes Swahili - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- African language family - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Zulu or Swahili - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- African tongue - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- African. - used 7 times, most recently in 1996
- African tribe - used 7 times, most recently in 1982
- African tribesman - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- African native - used 6 times, most recently in 2003
- Zanzibar native - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Freedom, in Swahili - UHURU, used 23 times
- Swahili for "freedom" - UHURU, used 18 times
- Master, in Swahili - BWANA, used 11 times
- Swahili sir - BWANA, used 9 times
- Swahili honorific - BWANA, used 7 times
- Sir, in Swahili - BWANA, used 6 times
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